Chrenkoff

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Sunday, November 14, 2004

More than just buns in that oven

I'm all in favour of increased trade between my old home and my new home, but...

"Police in Australia have made a record seizure of the drug ecstasy, finding three million tablets in a bakery oven.

"The pills were hidden within the metal shell of the oven, which police say was imported from Poland, via Germany."

The shipment was worth A$200 million (or some US$154 million).

Readers of the online edition of Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" have mixed feelings about their country being suddenly thrust into the international criminal spotlight. "Germans always find a way to blame Poles for everything," says one. Another tries to see a bright spot: "Wow! Ecstasy! We finally found something we're good at."